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Subject: Re: A Distro for DFS!
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On 12/8/24 4:45 AM, RonB wrote:
> On 2024-12-07, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> Farley Flud wrote:
>>
>>> Physfitfreak wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To kick Microsoft's Windows' ass, a Linux expert should make the process
>>>> of installing additional software very simple for users, and at the same
>>>> time does not go on Microsoft's payrol by the end of the same day that
>>>> he presents that distro to public.
>>>>
>>>> That's how you fight MS.
>>
>> You think installing additional software on Linux is difficult?
> 
> Installing and maintaining Linux is much easier and more efficient than
> doing so on Windows. One "standard" Windows "upgrade" proves that.
> 
>>> The goal of GNU/Linux/FOSS is not to kick Microslop's ass.
>>>
>>> The goal of GNU/Linux/FOSS is to develop a comprehensive and
>>> capable software environment that will allow a knowledgeable
>>> computer user to fulfill all of his possible needs.
>>>
>>> It has succeeded admirably.
>>
>> Right.  The "mainstream" likes to have a couple "standards" in
>> computer operating systems.  GNU/Linux is for those for whom the
>> mainstream standards don't work.


Has RonB actually made a Windows install on new hardware this century?

Last time I noticed him mentioning his bad Windows experiences, it was a 
rant about 'Clippy' (1997-2001).


-hh